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The table below looks at the demand for the J2EE Developer role in IT contracts within the North East region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited J2EE Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 J2EE Developer
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5255
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads27
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.344 %0.910 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£300£400
Average daily rate£300£406
% change on same period last year-26.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£413
UK excluding London average daily rate£371£343
% change on same period last year+8.42 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£44.13£38.09
% change on same period last year+15.84 %
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
North East
Matching contract IT job ads581769
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.822 %0.778 %
Daily rates quoted117176
Average minimum daily rate£319£345
Average daily rate£337£360
% change on same period last year-6.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£356£374
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted8781
Average minimum hourly rate£18.02£22.99
Average hourly rate£19.36£24.29
% change on same period last year-20.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.69£25.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.71£25.14
% change on same period last year-5.69 %
J2EE Developer EnglandJ2EE Developer
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

J2EE Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE Developer across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North East J2EE Developer Demand Trend

J2EE Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing J2EE Developer across the North East region.

North East J2EE Developer Daily Rate Trend

J2EE Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing J2EE Developer across the North East region.

North East J2EE Developer Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE Developer within the North East region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Tyne and WearUp+92£300-26.15 %
J2EE Developer EnglandJ2EE Developer
England

J2EE Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region that cited J2EE Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with J2EE Developer in their job title.

16 (100.00 %)J2EE
16 (100.00 %)Java
24 (66.67 %)Oracle
24 (66.67 %)Struts
24 (66.67 %)XML
33 (50.00 %)HTML
33 (50.00 %)Spring
42 (33.33 %)Hibernate
42 (33.33 %)Servlets
42 (33.33 %)Oracle 10g
42 (33.33 %)Sun
42 (33.33 %)Sun Certification
42 (33.33 %)UML
42 (33.33 %)OOA/OOD
42 (33.33 %)EJB
42 (33.33 %)CSS
51 (16.67 %)JSP
51 (16.67 %)JavaScript
51 (16.67 %)SQL Server
51 (16.67 %)JUnit
51 (16.67 %)WebLogic
51 (16.67 %)OO
51 (16.67 %)JBoss
51 (16.67 %)Apache
51 (16.67 %)RUP
51 (16.67 %)Swing
51 (16.67 %)XHTML
51 (16.67 %)J2SE
51 (16.67 %)E-Commerce
51 (16.67 %)AWT

J2EE Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region that cited J2EE Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with J2EE Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (100.00 %)J2EE
24 (66.67 %)Struts
24 (66.67 %)XML
33 (50.00 %)HTML
33 (50.00 %)Spring
42 (33.33 %)Servlets
42 (33.33 %)Hibernate
42 (33.33 %)EJB
42 (33.33 %)CSS
51 (16.67 %)JSP
51 (16.67 %)Swing
51 (16.67 %)XHTML
51 (16.67 %)J2SE
51 (16.67 %)AWT
51 (16.67 %)JSF
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (16.67 %)WebLogic
11 (16.67 %)JBoss
11 (16.67 %)Apache
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (16.67 %)Oracle EBS
11 (16.67 %)Oracle Applications
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (33.33 %)Oracle 10g
21 (16.67 %)SQL Server
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (16.67 %)JUnit
11 (16.67 %)Eclipse
11 (16.67 %)JDeveloper
North East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Pharmaceutical
11 (16.67 %)Telecoms
11 (16.67 %)Finance
11 (16.67 %)Publishing
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (33.33 %)UML
12 (33.33 %)OOA/OOD
21 (16.67 %)OO
21 (16.67 %)RUP
21 (16.67 %)E-Commerce
21 (16.67 %)Agile Software Development
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (100.00 %)Java
21 (16.67 %)JavaScript
North East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (33.33 %)Sun Certification
21 (16.67 %)SCJD
21 (16.67 %)Degree
North East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (66.67 %)Oracle
22 (33.33 %)Sun
31 (16.67 %)BEA